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Here is a video I came across while I was sick this weekend catching up on the Daily Show. As an AP Statistics and Government student, I have been warned twice as much to avoid biased statistics and to be skeptical of the sources. This video I'm sure you will find very interesting in this regard. This is just another reason to be skeptical of what you view on television.

Sarah Palin to become Fox News Commentator

Sarah Palin, former Vice Presidential Candidate, has signed a deal with Fox News. She will be appearing on Fox as a political commentator, joining other well known "Republican-turned-TV talking heads" like Mike Huckabee and Karl Rove.

This, according to political analysts, implies that she will not be running for the Presidency in 2012. Democrats seem to be rather sad about this, because they know that Obama would not lose to Palin.

I'm not really sure what to say about this one. Considering Palin's credibility among the intellectual communities, Fox may be hurting itself. Then again, this is a terrific example of Narrowcasting. It would certainly appeal to the rather large Fundamentalist portion of the country, but who knows? We'll just have to wait and see.